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So far back as 19401 and again in 1948 2, it had been observed that extracts of posterior salivary glands of Octopus vulgaris possessed intense adrenaline-like actions on blood-pressure and isolated organs, when irradiated with ultra-violet light in the presence of air. The parent substance of the adrenaline-like principle was named ‘octopamine’, while the principle itself was called ‘hydroxyoctopamine’.
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ERSPAMER, V. Identification of Octopamine as l-p-Hydroxyphenylethanolamine. Nature 169, 375–376 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169375b0
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